Luke 16:14 KJV — MannaFest

Luke 16:14

And the Pharisees also, who were covetous, heard all these things: and they derided him.

KJV

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ASV

And the Pharisees, who were lovers of money, heard all these things; and they scoffed at him.

WEB

The Pharisees, who were lovers of money, heard all of this and were scoffing at Jesus.

YLT

And also the Pharisees, being lovers of money, were hearing all these things, and were deriding him,

DBT

And the Pharisees also, who were covetous, heard all these things, and mocked him.

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Luke — Luke's 'orderly account' (1:3) follows Jesus from Bethlehem through the long travel narrative to Jerusalem and the Emmaus road.

Author: Luke, beloved physician (Col 4:14), travel-companion of Paul
Date: c. AD 60–62

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Matthew 5:20
For I say unto you, That except your righteousness shall exceed the righteousness of the scribes and Pharisees, ye shall in no case enter into the kingdom of heaven.
Luke 12:15
And he said unto them, Take heed, and beware of covetousness: for a man’s life consisteth not in the abundance of the things which he possesseth.
Isaiah 53:3
He is despised and rejected of men; a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief: and we hid as it were our faces from him; he was despised, and we esteemed him not.
Luke 23:35
And the people stood beholding. And the rulers also with them derided him, saying, He saved others; let him save himself, if he be Christ, the chosen of God.
Luke 20:47
Which devour widows’ houses, and for a shew make long prayers: the same shall receive greater damnation.

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Now if we be unfaithful in the less, if we use the things of this world to other purposes than those for which they were given us, it may justly be feared that we should be so in the gifts of God's grace, that we should receive them also in vain, and therefore they will be denied us: He that is faithful in that which is least is faithful also in much.

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

Let us consider this, [1.] As their sin, and the fruit of their covetousness, which was their reigning sin, their own iniquity. Note, Many that make a great profession of religion, have much knowledge, and abound in the exercise of devotion, are yet ruined by the love of the world; nor does any thing harden the heart more against the word of Christ.

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

This he shows in the other parable of the rich man and Lazarus, which has likewise a further intention, and that is, to awaken us all to take the warning given us by the written word, and not to expect immediate messages from the other world,

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

covetous . . . derided him--sneered at Him; their master sin being too plainly struck at for them to relish. But it was easier to run down than to refute such teaching.

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown· Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible, 1871reformed

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